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This evening's 15425 kHz reception report. I joined the program after it had started.
Very good.
-Zyg-
Brendan1
30-10-2006, 03:32
Doesn't look too bad at all. :D SNR was a little lower than I would have expected, but certainly more than acceptable. This was an unattended log too, so no audio report, sorry! Far flatter than the other day with TDP as well!
Brendan1
31-10-2006, 01:55
Even better than yesterday. Looks like it was drawn with a ruler, it's so flat.
Brendan1
01-11-2006, 02:13
Fantastic! Flatter than flat for this log. I only wish I wasn't working when it's this good!
Brendan1
02-11-2006, 02:06
Only one tiny little blip in the SNR - not at all enough to call it a bad day! :)
Brendan1
03-11-2006, 02:34
Another day, another excellent log. Keep up the good work RNW and TDF! This is what DRM should always look like.
Brendan1
04-11-2006, 02:08
As perfect as it can get here. No complaints today. :D
but it was 100% audio. Nice! :D
Brendan1
04-11-2006, 23:51
Some fluctuations today: I noticed that the solar flux index is at 86 today, so that might be different from previous days. The big dip at minute :44 is my fault; I was messing with the antenna connection. :rolleyes:
Brendan1
05-11-2006, 23:50
Return to normalcy - not so many fluctuations. Oh, and they started about :10 today again.
Hi Zyg, Brendan and all!
Thanks for your fine reports about new DRM transmissions for RNW from TDF Montsinery on 15425 kHz during B06 season, replacing 17810 kHz in A06. I was out from my office last week but I kept on monitoring your reports.
Regards / 73.
Jacques Gruson
Brendan1
07-11-2006, 01:03
Much better conditions today: virtually flawless. They did start a couple of minutes late though.
Hi Brendan,
Thanks for report. Yes we had a little problem while starting our transmitter from Paris. It was necessary to resent controls.
Regards.
Jacques
Brendan1
08-11-2006, 02:02
Everything looks good today, and thank you Jacques for the note. We listeners like to keep the broadcasters on their toes! ;) No late start today.
Brendan just a has a way with words! I sure love signals like this! C'mon broadcasters, we need more (awesome signals with good audio) to get the DRM ball rolling in North America!
Dear Chrisotpher,
Thanks for your comments and reports. Please do me a favor: would you select like Brendan uses to do, a time slot only between 2200 and 2300 UTC. This way I'ld get a true availability figure.
I have also FT 817 (and FT 857) at home but I have not yet performed the 12 kHz IF modification; what sort of filter are you using?
Regards / 73.
Jacques
Brendan1
09-11-2006, 01:02
A bit of a late start again, but with an excellent overall signal this good, why complain?
Hello Jacques and DRMRXers!
Jacques, I am away when I log so I have to get the whole day on my snapshot. I'm not clever enough (nor do I have the time) to edit the raw data before I put it into DRMcalc.
Today I had STELLAR reception. By the way, I made a Podcast of yesterday's broadcast and listened to it on my MP3 player today on the way to work. Wonderful! I even noted that an ID during the broadcast said "and by DRM to North America"! Yeah!
I noted about a 9 minute late start.
I use a I5XWW IF Board in the spare CW filter port. I got the IF board off of Ebay for $23 shipped about a year ago. A really simple solution for the FT-817. I added an earphone jack out the back of the radio for quick disconnect! I have had a 34.1dB SNR as my best case. 28dB is typical for this RNW transmission.
I was late, but captured only until the end of the program. Heard a couple of dropout toward the end, but not too bad overall!
Brendan1
10-11-2006, 02:23
Not too bad today, although the very short delay to the start caused the service title be missed.
Brendan1
11-11-2006, 02:07
Great broadcast, as always.
Transmission started a few minutes late.
Just carrier, no SDC, no MDC, which meant no ID screen and no audio.
Good signal strength (which is somewhat like the operation was a success, but the patient died)!
-Zyg-
Brendan1
12-11-2006, 01:06
Zyg, you beat me to the punch again. No MSC, no SDC, only FAC was up and running. No audio at all. Interestingly, the SNR shown is about normal for me, so there was no propagational problems today.
Zyg and Brendan already have their posts up!
Well, same "FAC only" out West. 30.2 SNR would have likely made for great reception.
Brendan1
13-11-2006, 02:21
Another day without audio by the looks of the log. Best and flattest log of the day, and there's no audio! :(
Brendan1
14-11-2006, 02:03
No data recorded today, looks like no broadcast at all.
I was home. RNW in AM. Interesting to listen to it that way and observe the signal. Good listening and quite stable. No comparison to the same program audio we get in DRM though.
Perhaps the encoder went kaboom. 2 days of FAC and then back to AM. Hmmmm. Jacques, what's happening?
Brendan1
16-11-2006, 01:34
Must have been in AM again - no data recorded today, and the schedule still shows DRM at this time and frequency. Encoder still out?
Hi all!!
Sorry, I was abroad and without Internet access so I was not aware of problems on DRM tramsmission from MSY. I'll call my colleagues this afternoon in order to cure this problem. Agreeded by RNW, our official start in DRM will be 22:02 UTC as we need to turm our rotatable antenna from one direction to an other and it takes time.
Regards / 73.
Jacques
Dear all,
Our Montsinery transmitter will be back today on the air after a big breakdown related to a Mains "hiccup".
We will also perform a special DRM transmission to Brazil on 17875 kHz between 1235 and 2025 UTC until Friday 24 November evening. Reports from Brazil much welcome (Telspace?).
Regards.
Jacques Gruson
Brendan1
22-11-2006, 01:07
No data recorded today - perhaps MSY was not quite ready? :confused:
Brendan1
23-11-2006, 01:07
Data today - nice to have back on the air!
Hi Brendan!
Thanks for sending report again; it seems that we had a problem with our transmitter (which was blocked) on 20 and 21 November. Still running on 17875 kHz to Brazil; next week it will be to Quito on the same frequency on Monday and Tuesday and then to Mexico (so good for you).
Regards / 73.
Jacques
Brendan1
24-11-2006, 05:18
Still coming in well here today, Jacques! Ionospheric conditions have improved the last few days, and my reports are much better. A log just doesn't get much flatter than this.
Hi Brendan and all!
Super!
It seems that if you move your analysis starting time to 22:03 UTC we could get 100% availability from Montsinery in Tucson / Arizona!?
Regards / 73.
Jacques
Brendan1
24-11-2006, 23:51
No transmission today! I was here watching, but there was nothing today, not even analog. I was going to shoot for the 100% per Jacques' posting, but no luck. :(
Nothing also received here....
-Zyg-
Excellent reception of high quality digital white noise.
No programing heard.
Brendan1
26-11-2006, 02:09
Yes, Zyg, I got the same thing: 11 kHz audio bandwidth worth of white noise.
Brendan1
26-11-2006, 22:54
NO data today - there is an S9+ AM carrier right on top of MSY, completing wiping out any chance to listen to the DRM underneath. No audio is heard in analog mode on a second receiver: is it possible for a DRM transmitter to somehow emit a carrier as well as the ODFM signal? I've never heard any other analog broadcasts on this frequency so I have no idea who could be doing this.
Brendan, I think it was the same DRM transmitter but without the carrier suppressed....
Brendan1
27-11-2006, 03:34
That would explain things. One other thing was that the waveform was not crisp, that is the edges to the signal were actually fuzzy, and not the nice usual straight edge of DRM. Another bad day at the office?
Brendan1
28-11-2006, 01:07
I achieved the near-mythical 100% today. Starting just one minute later got me out of the high 90% range. Everything looks very good.
Hi Brendan and All,
Congratulations for this 100% figure in Arizona, at last!
We had problems not really related to our transmitter but to the availability of our rotatable antenna which was not ready at the right azimuth when the transmitter was supposed to start transmitting.
Yesterday, we introduced a small time shift (starting at 2202 UTC) and it seems to work fine now; you 'll see!!!
Regards / 73.
Jacques
Brendan1
29-11-2006, 01:04
Flattest log yet. Not a visible blip anywhere. :D
Brendan1
30-11-2006, 01:09
No data today - analog? Sorry not to get another 100% day.
Hi Brendan and All,
Sorry we had a transmitter problem yesterday evening but before that we transmitted to Mexico between 1300 and 2000 UTC on 21620 kHz. This transmission will occur also today 30 November and tomorrow 1 December if transmitter is restarted. Any report?
Regards / 73.
Jacques
Brendan1
30-11-2006, 13:46
Jacques - I'll set things up and see what I get on 21620 today.
It seems that they have been broadcasting "white noise" all week. Perhaps a digital feed is getting directly coupled rather than sending "analogue" audio. Hmmm.:confused:
Brendan1
01-12-2006, 00:57
Well, it may be white noise, but it looks pretty good when logged. :)
But it would be nice to have something to LISTEN to on radio :D
Nice log however!
Nothing received on 21620 kHz today.
-Zyg-
15425kHz really held today. I only logged 48 minutes cause I goofed and closed DReaM. Doh! Hey, the audio was great today too :)
Brendan1
02-12-2006, 01:07
One little blip can ruin a 100% day!
This evening's 15425 kHz reception report.
Excellent.
That one blip is a fault due to my computer.
-Zyg-
Brendan1
03-12-2006, 23:55
One big dropout and two small ones to spoil my 100% day! :rolleyes:
Brendan1
06-12-2006, 01:12
Again, there was a fly in my soup: no 100 percent-day today. Oh well. :rolleyes:
Brendan1
07-12-2006, 01:36
The lower bands didn't do so well today, but this was excellent! I couldn't have faked it this good. :rolleyes:
I am continually amazed with the amazing signal and decode of this broadcast. Whatever they are doing, they are doing it right! International Broadcasters wanting to "win over" Yanks with DRM, TAKE NOTICE!
100% AMAZING! :)
Hi all,
Thanks for good valuable reports on our 15425 kHz DRM / RNW transmission from Montsinery (French Guiana).
Fibber, please notice that we are now starting transmitting at 22:03 UTC so if you want 100 % availability (like Brendan does: congratulations...); please move you start time a bit and thank for nice words!
Regards / 73.
Jacques
Brendan1
08-12-2006, 01:02
To paraphrase Fibber: the most consistent broadcast in NA. Yup, 100% again.
As soon as I call it "consistent" it drops to 99.99% ;)
Another great day! I do notice that the audio starts abruptly with no voice ID or Interval. It must be the :03 start time.
Thanks belong to Jacques and his crew for the enjoyable monitoring experience.
If only their excellence would make waves and cause the other broadcasters to take notice!
Brendan1
09-12-2006, 02:02
Almost 100% again, looks like they were momentarily distracted at the beginning. :rolleyes:
at 99.95% audio! Still made for a nice recording! :)
Hi All,
Sorry, no DRM transmission on Sunday 10 December due to a rotatable antenna issue.
Regards.
Jacques
Brendan1
12-12-2006, 01:02
100% again! Not perfectly flat, but I'll take it... :)
Brendan1
13-12-2006, 01:07
Must have been a technical issue at MSY - a late start spoiled my (probable) 100% day! Oh well, there is always tomorrow... :p
After about 5 minutes of dead-air, I gave up on them and listened to a local "rock n' roll" station in HD mode (got a $99 Accurian HD Radio). Ooops. I should'a waited longer. Good catch Brendan!
Brendan1
14-12-2006, 01:05
Christopher - thank my very patient Dell desktop for the catch. All of my daylight logs are unattended, since my high school classes haven't become a night job yet!
The usual great log - ho-hum!
...but the 99.9% standard remains!
This evening's 15425 kHz reception report.
The strength of the signal was strong at first, about S9 +40dB, and then faded down to S8 at the end of the transmission. The SNR did not follow the signal, and was down before the signal reached the bottom, and started to climb back up as the signal strength decreased.
The first blip was the fault of my computer (or rather Windows XP)!
-Zyg-
Brendan1
15-12-2006, 01:10
Well, my log looks a little more dramatic today. Fairly disturbed, you might say.:(
I gave up after 30 minutes... :eek:
This evening's 15,425 kHz reception report. Much better than yesterday.
-Zyg-
Brendan1
16-12-2006, 01:04
Much, much better today, I agree. My best log of four for the day. BUT, only 99.97%! :D
Brendan1
16-12-2006, 23:58
A little bit of an early band closure, but I'll take it. Only 95% though... :rolleyes:
Brendan1
17-12-2006, 23:49
Another good day, although it wasn't 100%. It's not my fault, nor MSY's: solar propagation most likely.
Brendan1
19-12-2006, 01:19
Still doing well. Not back to 100% yet, but almost...
Brendan1
20-12-2006, 02:26
Hmmmm, something went bad towards the end... :(
Propagation has been ghastly! Brendan reported "something went bad towards the end" and I'll concur!
Brendan1
21-12-2006, 01:57
Okay, it looks like the patient took some aspirin today. Somewhat better...
Brendan1
22-12-2006, 02:11
Things are definitely better: almost back to 100% today. :D
Last log for two weeks: heading out of town for the holidays, and my equipment is not portable, so no logs for a while.
Propagation is begining to calm down. Perhaps we'll have a 100% present for Christmas!
99.91% audio :)
This program featured a gorgeous "Classic Dutch" Christmas special of music. Sounded awesome!
Another good looking day.
After about 5 minutes of dead-air, I gave up on them and listened to a local "rock n' roll" station in HD mode (got a $99 Accurian HD Radio). Ooops. I should'a waited longer. Good catch Brendan!
How do you like the Accurian so far? I picked up three on special and I have to say, it's the best sounding $99 table radio I've ever owned ;-) No clock radio function though... what the heck were they thinking? Last night, I loaded Dream up on an Evo tablet PC, plugged in the DX-440 and the Evo audio out to the Accurian AUX input and pretended I had a real tabletop DRM receiver. All of the tabletop. Caught about 10 minutes of RNZI 9890 and then some DW 6130, which was unusual for here.
I have a Polk Isonic at work (thanks boss!) and I'd say the Accurian holds it's own with sensitivity and stability.
Sadly, we have only 2 AM HD stations locally, the most powerful of which has turned off their HD side for technical reasons. That leaves one talk station on HD, and though it is "better" sounding than analog, the encoding artifacts drive me nuts. 13 FM HD signals, though.
Interesting how only one of them has actually figured out how to properly sync up the analog and HD signals so there is no lag when switching back and forth. The rest have either a nearly 2 second delay on the HD side, or the audio level drops tremendously on HD, so that if you turn it up to listening levels, and it happens to switch back to analog, you get blasted out of your seat. Good thing it's the urban/hip-hop station.
I can only imagine one of the mobile audio tweakers cranking up the HD signal to 11 then having it switch back, thus ejecting him from the vehicle.
RNW was doing great as usual today, see log.
How do you like the Accurian so far? I picked up three on special and I have to say, it's the best sounding $99 table radio I've ever owned ;-) No clock radio function though... what the heck were they thinking?
Sadly, we have only 2 AM HD stations locally, the most powerful of which has turned off their HD side for technical reasons. That leaves one talk station on HD, and though it is "better" sounding than analog, the encoding artifacts drive me nuts. 13 FM HD signals, though.
The Accurian is a nice radio. Normally I wouldn't have spent $99 on an AM/FM but the HD made it a real deal!
We have 22 channels HD-FM (HD-1 & HD-2) and 2 HD-AM. I can hear all of the FMs and 1 of the AMs (KEX).
It also does a nice job on analog and the DSP is pretty decent. I put a pre-amp on the FM side and a MiniWhip on the AM side. I am quite pleased with how it works even here in the basement. I wish it did DRM too however!
Awesome 99.99% audio even with them running overtime. SNR around 30dB.
The "old reliable" station for sure.
This evening's reception report. As the sun went down, so did the signal.
-Zyg-
This evening's reception report (unattended).
Heavy rains and strong thunderstorms during the reception period.
-Zyg-
Brendan1
09-01-2007, 01:11
WHEW! First log for RNW after the holiday break and I hit 100%! :D
Congratulations, Brendan and Happy New Year 2007!
Next week, from Montsinery, we will perform special DRM transmissions to New York City on Monday 15 January and then to Dallas (DRM meetings in Continental) until Friday 19 January. More to come.
Regards / 73.
Jacques Gruson
Brendan1
10-01-2007, 01:32
This is not fair - only 99.92% today! :)
Brendan1
10-01-2007, 01:32
P.S.:
Jacques -- I will keep an eye out for the upcoming broadcasts!
Hi Brendan and all,
Special DRM transmissions from Montsinery French Guiana with 150 kW into a 4/4 antenna:
- 15 January to New York City on 17875 kHz 1300 to 2020 UTC,
- 16 to 18 January to Dallas / Texas on 21620 kHz 1300 to 2020 UTC,
- 19 to 23 January to Mexico City on 21620 kHz 1300 to 2020 UTC.
Reports highly appreciated.
Regards , 73.
Jacques
Brendan1
11-01-2007, 02:21
As usual, over 99% today for the log!
Jacques - I've noted the upcoming special broadcasts and will set everything up to record the data when it is time. I will be especially interested in seeing how well the broadcast for New York City is received here: I am rather distant and off-beam, so if it comes in well, so much the better!
Brendan1
12-01-2007, 02:20
100% today! I'll say no more... :D
Brendan1
13-01-2007, 01:02
Ionospheric conditions are just about perfect right now. All of my broadcast DRM loggings are doing extremely well. Naturally, this one is 100% again. :)
Not only are there these odd dips, but at about 15 minutes after the hour, audio went dead and came back as the ID of NHK Tokyo in English and French!
Then 'blip' back to RNW in progress!
:confused:
in the second half. Stable as usual however.
Brendan1
18-01-2007, 01:18
Not bad, but not 100%! :rolleyes:
Brendan1
19-01-2007, 01:12
A big blip from out of nowhere dropped it to only 98.83%! Seriously though, another fine day.
Brendan1
20-01-2007, 01:25
Interesting to compare this 15 megahertz log to the 21 megahertz log from the special morning broadcast to Mexico City. Both do really well into Tucson, but the 15 megahertz has the edge in SNR. Some obvious propagation hits today, which is not always the case over this path for me.
Nice and stable as usual.
Brendan1
21-01-2007, 02:04
My day to mess up: somehow didn't get MSY logged today for this freq. I was actually listening, but didn't see that the log wasn't recording...
Brendan1
22-01-2007, 03:30
A big dip in the middle of the broadcast...
100% WOW! I'll load the audio to the MP3 player for drive time listening tomorrow.
Brendan1
23-01-2007, 01:15
100% again! No blips. :D TDF Montsinery always pulls through!
Brendan1
24-01-2007, 01:54
Not so good: the second service channel was still on from the special Mexico City transmission. No audio!
Brendan1
25-01-2007, 01:14
A very "rocky" log today: the most disturbed graph in many weeks. The higher bands look to have been fairly disturbed today. Still, I managed over 98%!
Brendan1
26-01-2007, 01:19
Back up to 100 per cent today. Most of my logs for today (on different freqs) reflect a lot of change in the bands from yesterday. There doesn't seem to be a lot of good steady ionospheric conditions lately.
This frequency and service are the exception by far: only rarely are there any disturbances or below 95% availability. The TDF crew in Paris and Montsinery deserve kudos from us all for maintaining such good service to North America. Of course, it could be that they are using 150 kW too! :D
Great audio today! Normal conditions with Montsinery.
So, Montsinery is the hands-down winner for covering CONUS with a wonderful signal. That being a proven fact:
WHY DO WE ONLY GET ONE HOUR A DAY!
It seems to me that RNW, TDF and many other broadcasters want their signals into NA. Since we KNOW which transmitter has the signal to do it, let's get some more signals on there!
When the Sangean radios come out and the Morphy Richards gets some exports to us over here, Montsinery will have to be the flagship. It certainly is the most reliable for me and Brendan.
We could check the logs, but I'd guess better than half of CONUS gets the 99.x signal on nearly a daily basis.
PLEASE give us some more to decode. We're frothing at the mouth over here for good decode, and Montsinery is nearly the only game in town!
Brendan1
27-01-2007, 01:12
Almost 100% again, but not quite. Another fine day for MSY.
This evening's 15425kHz reception report. The first blip coincides in time with the one on Brendan's chart!
Very good.
-Zyg-
Sounds like a Doo Wop song, but I have the same dip as Brendan and Zyg.
A 99.91% day here. Just fine by me :)
Brendan1
28-01-2007, 23:54
There are some dips today: I have to admit to causing the second one by inadvertently clicking off the bandpass filter in Dream. The big one I blame on the ionosphere.
100% and MSC today! Dead air yesterday...
Brendan1
30-01-2007, 01:02
Another (ho-hum) excellent day. 100% again. This is far too predictable. :)
Brendan1
31-01-2007, 01:45
Some minor blips today, taking the CDA below 100%. Still, nothing to complain about. :o
99.92% decode. Normal day :)
Brendan1
01-02-2007, 01:19
Best log of the day: 100% in all categories today.
Don't forget: TDF Montsinery from 1300 to 2000 UTC starting 1 February on 17875! Best chance to get a truly high quality signal all across the continent.
Brendan1
02-02-2007, 01:15
TDF's reliability continues: 100% again. :D
Brendan1
03-02-2007, 02:07
Some "bumps" today: less than 100%. :(
Brendan1
04-02-2007, 00:13
Another bump, another sub-100% day. Okay, so 99.90% is nothing to laugh at.
Brendan1
04-02-2007, 23:50
This is about the worst log ever for me for this broadcast. Looks like the band shut down very, very early today.
Brendan1
07-02-2007, 01:06
No log for 5 Feb: Dream crashed when I was gone. Today everything looks excellent as usual. :)
Brendan1
08-02-2007, 02:13
I was logging, but no data was recorded. Judging from the short length of the 17875 broadcast, the DRM transmitter at MSY may be down for repairs.
Strange Brendan, Dream bit the dust here too. Hmmm. Makes me wonder. Did anyone know that a DRM transmitter site can remotely shut off radios :D
No log for 5 Feb: Dream crashed when I was gone. Today everything looks excellent as usual. :)
Brendan1
09-02-2007, 01:12
It would appear that RFI MSY is back on the air. No broadcast this morning on 17875, but here's a log for 15425 this afternoon. Not bad, just some early blips to mar the log, but no major issues shown on the graph.
HMMM, simultaneous crashes? Can we blame it on Microsoft instead? :rolleyes:
Brendan1
10-02-2007, 01:09
Today was a very good day, although not 100%!
Brendan1
11-02-2007, 01:04
Excellent as usual.
Brendan1
13-02-2007, 01:11
Enough small blips to ensure just less than 100% today.
Brendan1
14-02-2007, 01:08
I haven't been running 100% lately, but still in the high 99% range. I attribute this to the changing length of daylight.
Hi Brendan, christopher and All,
Thanks for sending reports; last week I was in Abu-Dhabi for A07 HFCC conference so I got your report but did not manage to send any answer:
- We had a serious problem on our transmitter on 7th February at 1644 UTC; it was back on the air on 8th at 2000 UTC but SNR was a bit lower than usual. Afterward, situation was back to normal.
- We do not transmit on 17875 kHz during week-end; only from Monday to Friday; sorry if I did not pass this information to you. We do tramsmit all days on 15425 kHz for RNW.
Regards / 73.
Jacques
Brendan1
15-02-2007, 01:07
Very nice again today, but just under 100%. Must be the blip I see in the log. :o
Brendan1
16-02-2007, 01:11
No complaints today: pretty good log all told. The two dips? I'm not sure, but something seems to be happening. They appear on 17875 as well, for the duration of the entire broadcast, and don't appear on anyone else's transmission so I tend to think it is a problem at Montsinery. I've seen dips before, on RNZI, and they were virtually identical.
Brendan1
17-02-2007, 01:04
Fairly good today, still in the high 90 percent range of course.
Brendan1
17-02-2007, 23:50
Best log in a while. Only one short dip in the signal.
Brendan1
19-02-2007, 02:21
Only 100% CDT today, with 0% CDA. No audio in other words. Something must have gone awry...
Brendan1
20-02-2007, 01:05
The ending was not so good. :(
Brendan1
21-02-2007, 01:05
100% today! Back up to where "it" should be.
Brendan1
22-02-2007, 03:04
A blip in the old log today: perfect in spite of it... :)
Brendan1
23-02-2007, 02:11
Slightly less than 30 minutes due to computer problems and a need to reboot.
Brendan1
24-02-2007, 01:45
A couple of big hits to the frames rate, otherwise pretty good.
Brendan1
25-02-2007, 02:16
Another great log from Montsinery. :D
Brendan1
26-02-2007, 02:06
I can't complain, since I don't know who to write to: 99.99% today. :p
Brendan1
27-02-2007, 01:05
Great as always, only some minor blips seen.
Brendan1
28-02-2007, 01:09
Still great, no propagation or other issues seen in the log. A "flatline" I like to see! :)
Brendan1
01-03-2007, 01:05
Good today, though a hit dropped it below 100%.
Brendan1
02-03-2007, 01:48
I do not know what caused the two dropouts, but all of my logs today show some disturbances or propagational problems (except TDF 17875 - see that entry).
Brendan1
03-03-2007, 17:18
A flat graph once again. :)
Brendan1
04-03-2007, 01:58
Well, I was ready to log, but there was no signal today. Perhaps MSY is off for maintenance or repair?
Nuthin here either. My new work schedule makes posting logs difficult. I do still record and "podcast" the audio the next day on the way to work however.
Looks like you are all that is left for logging Brendan.
Brendan1
05-03-2007, 00:05
Well, my computer will labor on - I'm not usually here listening either. You know, that "job" thing just gets in the way of listening... :o
One blip today, but pretty good otherwise.
Brendan1
06-03-2007, 01:23
Another minor blip to make it less than 100% today. Close enough...
Brendan1
07-03-2007, 01:17
Back to 100% again today. :D
Brendan1
08-03-2007, 01:37
Very nice today, and a very stable band, unlike most others today.
Brendan1
09-03-2007, 01:06
Quite good today.
Brendan1
10-03-2007, 02:06
As usual, wonderful reception today.
Brendan1
13-03-2007, 01:49
Perfect again - which can be boring... ;)
Brendan1
14-03-2007, 01:05
Another day, another great log. :)
Brendan1
15-03-2007, 02:20
A big hit part way through, but excellent all told.
Brendan1
16-03-2007, 01:11
Another nice day in the neighborhood, to paraphrase Mr. Rogers...
Brendan1
16-03-2007, 23:49
Pretty good, although only 99.97% CDA. :rolleyes:
Brendan1
18-03-2007, 00:18
Don't let appearances fool you: almost perfect today, except for one thing: no audio! Only silence today. :(
Brendan1
19-03-2007, 03:52
Unattended today, like most days. Bad opening, better finish. Worst log in weeks, no lie.
Hi Brendan and all,
Regarding lack of sound on 17 March, there was a software bug on RNW up-link so our receiver did not manage to have RNW program available.
Starting from 25 March (A07 season), RNW DRM transmission from Montsinery will be performed on 9830 kHz from 0200 to 0300 UTC; same Tx power (150 kW RMS) and antenna configuration (4/4 at 320°).
Regards / 73.
Jacques
Brendan1
20-03-2007, 01:15
Much better today: a bit of a recovery from yesterday.
Brendan1
21-03-2007, 02:03
Outstanding log today, A complete recovery for the patient. :o
Brendan1
22-03-2007, 01:06
A nasty hit at 2212-2213, but otherwise very good.
Brendan1
23-03-2007, 01:20
Once again, no errors!
Hi All,
Reminder: from Sunday 25th March; RNW transmission on 9830 kHz from 0200 to 0300 UTC, no more on 15425 kHz!
Good reception.
Regards / 73.
Jacques
Brendan1
24-03-2007, 01:08
As Jacques said, no more!
This is the last log of an amazing string of logs for me. By far, this transmission has been the best for my location out of all that I have logged.
A glitch today: a lightning storm this afternoon. Considering that factor, 98% CDA is not a bad way to end the entire master log.
See you all on 9830!
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